Turton Parent Podcast: Episode 2 Just before we take a break for the Autumn half-term break, it’s time for episode two of our parent podcast! Produced on 27th October, 2023. On this episode… 0:00 Introduction. (Mrs Blakeley) 0:48 The School’s Culture, Standards & Attendance. (Ms Gorse) 3:56 Priorities for Key Stage 4 Students. (Mrs Read More …
Turton Parent Podcast: Episode 1 Our first official episode of the Turton Parent Podcast. Produced on July 20th, 2023 On this episode… 0:00 Introduction. (Mrs Blakeley) 0:50 Successes and Looking Forward. (Mrs Lane) 3:23 New Mobile Phone Policy & The Hive Switch. (Mr Tither) 5:40 The Problems with Vaping. (Miss Parry) 7:05 Year 7 Students Read More …
Year 10 Parents’ Evening – Thursday 21st January – Online Appointment Booking We would like to invite you to attend our parents’ evening on 21st January. This is an important evening, and provides you with an opportunity to discuss your child’s learning and their next steps. The school has decided to invest in Read More …
Coffee and Chatter *This event has now been closed due to a lack of interest* Do you remember the old days of meeting up with parents in the primary playground? Talking over the highs and lows of the day? Feeling like you knew what they were up to in their little days? Well… we Read More …
Rising Stars: A careers talk by Gunan Shang.Turton recently hosted a careers talk by Gunan Shang (a former student in material science) for our design technology students. “I really enjoyed the Turton career talk of material science. I found the subject very interesting and Gunan made the job of material scientist seem very enjoyable and compelling. Read More …
Author Visit: Joshua Khan – “Shadow Magic” Author Joshua Khan was in Turton on Thursday afternoon entertaining year 7 with a talk about his new book Shadow Magic and the things that inspired him to write it. Books were on sale after the talk which he signed in between letting students take lots of selfies. A Read More …
Careers Talk: Aeronautical EngineerI enjoyed Liam Murphy’s talk about BAE Systems very much, and I got some very useful information from it. It has helped me find out what path I need to go down if I am to achieve my goals in life, and has also shown me how many different routes I could Read More …
Careers Talk (12th April)A career talk will be held at Turton on the 12th April with Neuroscientist Dr Shane Mckie. 3:15pm – 4:15pm. Please contact Miss Clare / Mrs Murphy for more information. Latest NewsNewslettersEventsRising StarsGovernors BlogMediaInformation
On Tuesday 1st December, the Rising Star group and a few other lucky students from across the years were invited to listen to an outstanding talk delivered by a woman who works within the Civil Engineering industry. She told us that there are plenty of jobs within the area and really engrossed us into her job Read More …
Author Patrick Ness Visits Turton School Award winning author Patrick Ness visited Turton on Tuesday 10th November to talk with KS4 and 5 students about his books.His book “A Monster Calls” is being made into a feature film starring Liam Neeson, and he is currently involved with writing a new script for a Dr. Who spin-off Read More …